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IR-2022-217, December 12, 2022 ¡ª The Internal Revenue Service today reminded those who were born in 1950 or earlier that funds in their retirement plans and individual retirement arrangements face important upcoming deadlines for required minimum distributions to avoid penalties.

Press releases published by Criminal Investigation in February 2024.

Aug. 14, 2024 ¡ª A former attorney has been sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for embezzlement and fraud in connection with the failure of Washington Federal Bank for Savings in Chicago.

July 31, 2023 ¡ª The United States Attorney¡¯s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Brian J. Albelli, of Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, and formerly of Deerfield Beach, Florida, was charged in a criminal information on July 27, 2023, with wire fraud and money laundering.

June 20, 2023 ¡ª A criminal indictment has been unsealed in federal court in Asheville, charging four individuals with allegedly executing a multi-million dollar bank fraud scheme, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. The indictment charges Kotto Yaphet Paul of Waxhaw, N.C., Latoya Tamieka Ford of Covington, Georgia, Bruce obÌåÓýard Marko of Charlotte, N.C., and Love Norman of West Palm Beach, Florida, with one count of wire fraud and bank fraud conspiracy, 16 counts of financial institution fraud, and four counts of money laundering.

December 7, 2022 ¡ª Two men were sentenced yesterday for their roles in the submission of fraudulent loan applications seeking more than $1.7 million in forgivable Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.

IR-2024-266, Oct. 11, 2024 ¡ª In the wake of the devastating hurricanes that have ravaged Florida and the Southeast in recent weeks, the Internal Revenue Service today reassured victims that it stands ready to provide the tax-related assistance they need to recover from these storms.

April 30, 2025 ¡ª A Charlotte man was sentenced to prison today for his role in a multimillion-dollar bank fraud scheme, announced Russ Ferguson, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.

April 22, 2025 ¡ª Thomas G. Ehr, a longtime associate of a former defense contractor, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to an Information charging him with conspiring to defraud the United States.

Press releases published by IRS Criminal Investigation in October 2022.